Jeff Fidler’s Patriot-Type Players

A few years ago I came up with the phrase “Patriot-Type Player” to describe the type of players Bill, Nick & co went after during the draft, F.A., just in general. We all know this team looks for certain things, wants certain boxes checked. Whether it’s a Vertical Jump or 3 Cone cut off. Traits Over Production. Being a Team Captain. Participating or getting involved in Community work. Like everyone, the Patriots have a type. Sometimes it’s a players measurables. Sometimes a players background & character. A combo of all.

This isn’t a list of graded Players necessarily. Although I do put rough rankings there. Rather a list of all players & info that in some way shape or form fit the Patriots mold. The guys that can blink Morse code & defensive calls. Players that drink avocado & liver smoothies every 4-6 hours. The maniacs that crank “Wanted, Dead or Alive”, while pumping iron in their grandfather’s cut off sweatshirt.

I viewed the document on an IPad so forgive me if I’m wrong. But I was surprised to not see Lorenzo carter in there. To me he’s one of the 5 most likely players to get drafted by the pats as he check a lot of boxes.

Glad to see Nathan Shepherd in there. I like him quite a bit and would be comfortable selecting him with the 43rd pick. Let him, Shelton, brown and guy control the line of scrimmage all day long.

Lastly it may not be popular but I would be very interested in replacing David Andrews with frank Ragnow. Would like to see more push and Aggression from the center, which Andrews with all his strengths, doesn’t achieve.